Spring 2015 Grants

A+ Education Partnership

State Level - AL

General operating support for this statewide organization that works to ensure every child in Alabama has access to a quality education. $100,000
(over 2 years)

Albemarle Road Elementary School

Charlotte, NC

Program support for a new emersion program that will increase student achievement for 2nd and 3rd grade ESL students in core subject areas, while introducing them to their new home in the Charlotte community (NextGen Advisory Board Grant*). $2,000

Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School Inc.

Atlanta, GA

Program support to match a Federal i3 Grant for Collaboration and Reflection to Enhance Atlanta Teacher Effectiveness in Mathematics and Science (CREATE), merging an existing innovative teacher residency model with increased opportunities for teacher collaboration and reflection in Atlanta Public Schools $50,000

BEST NC

State Level - NC

General operating support for BEST NC, a nonprofit, non-partisan coalition of business leaders committed to moving North Carolina's education system from good to great $25,000

Charlotte Teachers Institute

Charlotte, NC

General operating support for this partnership among UNC Charlotte, Davidson College and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools that offers high quality, intensive professional development to teachers $25,000

Devonshire Elementary School

Charlotte, NC

Program support to create a collaborative research area and maker spaces in this school’s Learning Commons, to encourage problem solving and creativity, increase exposure to vocabulary, and improve stamina when reading (Next Gen Advisory Board Grant*) $3,500

Fulton County Schools

Atlanta, GA

Program support to extend its GO TIP Teacher Induction Program in its second year with The New Teacher Project, a national leader in urban teacher recruitment and training $110,000

The Kindezi School

Atlanta, GA

Program support for this rigorous charter school located in Atlanta’s Civil Rights district $75,000
(over 2 years)

KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools

Atlanta, GA

Program support for Teacher Pathways, KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools' new comprehensive teacher development and recognition strategy $100,000
(over 2 years)

MeckEd

Charlotte, NC

General operating support to this independent nonprofit organization that informs and engages the community around the critical issues facing public education. $25,000

Montclaire Elementary School

Charlotte, NC

Program support to expand a literacy program using Letterland to include all K-2 classrooms (Next Gen Advisory Board Grant*) $7,500

National Council on Teacher Quality

State Level - AL & NC

Program support for analysis of teacher preparation programs in North Carolina and Alabama in NCTQ’s upcoming edition of the Teacher Prep Review. $100,000

Queens University - School Executive Leadership Academy

Charlotte, NC

Program support for the School Executive Leadership Academy (SELA), an innovative program that prepares new school leaders and principals through a partnership with Queens' McColl School of Business, Cato School of Education, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools $75,000
(over 2 years)

Reid Park Elementary

Charlotte, NC

Program support to provide teachers with training and tools to give students consistent, explicit, and systematic instruction in Balanced Literacy (Next Gen Advisory Board Grant*) $2,000

Teach for America - Alabama

Birmingham, AL & State Level - AL

Program support to help recruit, train, and support corps members and alumni as they work to improve educational opportunities for students at the Birmingham city and Alabama state levels $100,000
(over 2 years)

UABTeach - University of Alabama Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

Program support to expand the recruitment base for UABTeach, a national model of teacher preparation and recruitment designed to nurture and train a new teaching force of highly qualified instructors in STEM subjects $75,000

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Charlotte, NC

Program support for Targeted Reading Instruction in select Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, developed to provide professional development and ongoing coaching to build classroom teacher effectiveness in helping struggling readers $99,918

WINGS for Kids

Atlanta, GA

Program support for WINGS, a results-driven after school program focusing on social and emotional learning within high-poverty public elementary schools in Fulton County $80,000
(over 2 years)

Winterfield Elementary School

Charlotte, NC

Program support for the BEAR (Bring Early Access to Reading) Bag literacy initiative, designed to increase the exposure and foundational literacy skills for English Language Learners (Next Gen Advisory Board Grant*) $5,000

* Continuing the family legacy, the Next Generation Advisory Board is comprised of 4th- and 5th-generation Belk family members who have come together to learn about the Belk Foundation legacy and mission, in part by running their own grantmaking process. This Advisory Board was formed in 2013.